Message 4/34
Date: 05-Apr-00 @ 10:28 PM -
RE: Nasty A5000 bug
a3k here, hell of problematic file system with scsi as a sort of afterthought, whose correction i thought was the a5k's raison d'etre. Seems like they painted 5's on their old shitty flawed architecture, and thought they'd have a winner. I might suggest an a3k for way less, nearly same functionality, and using the change somewhere else in your set up. Yam looks like they are trying hard, but all of their new stuff seems to have a near FATAL flaw based mainly on cutting corners or general cheepieness.
If you can, try to take your unit back to where youy bought it and demand your money back. I have done this with several large purchases lately, and I know it sends a message not to manufacturer, but to retailer, where it is more effective. As retailers hate to see kinda high priced units coming back, and therefore will more actively push alternate brands, which DOES come across to manufacturers.
But then every manufacturer's entry into this arena seems to have its own achilles something or other. Be it effects, limited mod matrix, lack of additional outputs, or the price of upgradeability, fucking file system, poor scsi implemantation ect...
uts been said that doesn't matter what you get, your gonna have some major grips, and somethings which you'll love. But I dont take it in bum if i think manufacturer is giving it to me.